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Canti persiani (da 'Robaiyat' di Omar Khayyam), op. 8

Song Cycle by Luigi Cortese (1899 - 1976)

1. Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur,
quand tu n'as plus de larmes,
pense à la verdure qui miroite après la pluie.
Quand la splendeur du jour t'exaspère, 
quand tu souhaites qu'une nuit définitive 
s'abatte sur le monde,
pense au réveil d'un enfant.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), no title, appears in Robaiyat, no. 147, Paris, Éd. Piazza, first published 1924

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting

2. Pourquoi tant de douceur de tendresse  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Pourquoi tant de douceur, de tendresse, au début de notre amour ? 
Pourquoi tant de caresses, tant de délices, après ? 
Maintenant, ton seul plaisir est de déchirer mon cœur... 
Pourquoi ?

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), no title, appears in Robaiyat, no. 73, Paris, Éd. Piazza, first published 1924

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Please note: this may be the wrong text for Brouard's song.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 74
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